Family Chili

Family Chili

When there is a chill in the air and the amount of daylight diminishes with each passing day, it’s time for some Family Chili. This chili is not too spicy.  It’s not trying to win an award for most original or most creative secret ingredient.  Chocked full...
Squash Soup with Pepitas Two Ways

Squash Soup with Pepitas Two Ways

We are in full-fledged fall, which is the perfect time to make this fabulous Squash Soup with Pepitas Two Ways.  Smooth, creamy, vegetarian (if you don’t use chicken stock like I did), dairy and gluten-free, this soup starter will rock your dinner guests’...
Caviar Lentil Soup

Caviar Lentil Soup

Well, we certainly found Nemo out here in Connecticut — one and a half feet of him. Snowed in and no where to go, I opened up my cupboards and went shopping for some ingredients for soup on this blistery and bright day.  I wound up making this Caviar Lentil...
Sausage and Shrimp Gumbo

Sausage and Shrimp Gumbo

I thought today we would have a little instruction in how to cook Sausage and Shrimp Gumbo.  It’s my attempt at salvaging something —  anything — out of what was supposed to be a fun family gumbo extravaganza on Saturday. You see this was supposed to...
Butternut Squash Soup

Butternut Squash Soup

Allegedly, there is a hurricane coming.  My husband was out yesterday at a variety of stores, buying sufficient supplies so we are adequately prepared for Frankenstorm.  I, living in denial, was making soup, a delicious and quite Halloweenie Butternut Squash Soup....
Lentil and Beef Soup

Lentil and Beef Soup

We tried to go hiking. We really did.  But it rained, and then I had to kill some time inside as two children played around me tearing apart our house, the little wild banshees.  I’d been thinking about lentils as of late.  So with the rain, this lentil and beef...
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